Lining and advertising device for finger-bowls.



.I. G. PATION.

LINING AND ADVERTISING DEVICE FOR FINGER BOWLS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28. I9I6.

Patented May 2I, I918 S E S S E N W W INVENTOR ATTORNEYS in my copending application filed on the 16th JOHN G. PAT 'ION, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LINING AND ADVERTISING DEVICE FOR FINGER-BOWLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918.

Application filed April 28, 1916. Serial No. 94,201.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. PATTON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Lining and Advertising Device for Finger-Bowls, of which the following is a specification.

It is now customary in hotels and restaurants to employ in the finger-bowls a paper lining and advertising device which is intended to be destroyed after being once used.

It has been found in practice that the waiters either intentionally or through carelessness, instead of destroying the paper lining after a single use, pour out the Water contained therein and then refill it with Water for the next customer, and in some cases the same lining" i used for a large number of customers. The result is that the purpose for which the paper lining was devised is not attained, since if the prior user has any skin disease or the like, either on the lips or on the fingers, there is a likelihood of the paper lining becoming contaminated and retaining the germs or bacteria, so that a subsequent user of a finger bowl with the same lining in which the water has simply been poured out and refilled, is liable to catch any germs orbacteria which are of a contagious nature, and contract contagious diseases.

.The object of my present invention is to devise a sanitary lining and advertising device for a finger bowl which can be used but once, so that after it has been once used, it must be removed from the finger-bowl and thrown away.

The paper lining also forms an advertising, device and is within the spirit and scope of the invention disclosed and claimed day of January 1914, Serial No. 812,514.

With the above in view, my invention consists of a novel construction ofa sanitary lining and advertising device forfingerbowls, which is constructed in such a manner. that after the water has remained therein for a few minutes, the lining becomes deformed, distorted or broken and, if desired, a portion of the lining becomes separated, so that when the waiter attem ts to empty the water from the finger bow the lining will become more or less detached, so that if the waiter attempts to use it a second time, it will indicate to the customer that the lining has already been used by a prior customer.

My invention also consists of a novel lining of the character described, wherein the construction is such that after the water has remained therein for a predetermined period, the lining will be rendered unfit for use a second time.

' Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafter more fully appear in the detailed description. For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawing forms thereof Which are at present preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown'v Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.. v

F 6 and? represent sectional views of other embodiments of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings.

1 designates a sanitary paper lining and advertising device embodying my invention and which is adapted to fit into a fingerbowl 2, of any desired or conventional type. The sanitary paper lining 1 is preferably formed from an integral sheet of material and preferably of paper and is provided .side walls and the bottom of the lining.

, In the embodiment seen in Fig. 4, I have shown the bottom as provided with a series of annularly arranged recesses 6, which are closely related to each other and which may extend in any desired form, the purpose being to reduce the thickness of the bottom at suchpoints sothat the water will be ad-v sorbed by the paper and cause it to break away at one or more of such points when the lining is lifted to remove it from the fingerbowl.

- I preferably employ a paper which is more or less absorbent and in some cases it may be an uncalendered paper so that the action. of the water thereon will cause it to become distorted after the water has stobd in it for a few minutes. The bottom is preferably provided with advertising insignia 7, illustrating the coat of arms of the hotel or the name of the hotel or cafin which the lining is being used, thereby serving as an advertising device, it being understood that any desired data, design or insignia can be indicated on the bottom orside walls of the paper lining and preferably arranged so as to be covered by the water so that the lines of such matter will be accentuated or slightly magnified and thus brought prominently'to the attention of the customer.

In cases where a sanitary paper lining is employed, whichis effected by the water in such a manner that" it will indicate to the customer that it has been used before, the

repeated use of the same paper lining is rendered impracticable or impossible and the lining when once used is'destroyed by the action of the liquid which has been poured into it.

' It will be apparent from the foregoing that it is within the scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims 'to form a lining in such a manner that the action of the water causes a distortion, deformation or a breaking away of a portion of the lining. If the apertures are used the water can pass through them and thus cause the points of attachment to become more quickly softened or loosened.

If desired, the lining and advertising device may be 'made in more than one part as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, in which a detachable bottom is provided. .In Fig. 6, the bottom 3 is in frictional engagement with the side walls so that the action of the water tends to effect a separation.

In Fig. 7, the detachable bottom is secured to the side walls by means of an adhesive or other material which will be effected by the action of the water to effect a separation of the parts, so that after the water has been left in the finger-bowl for a predetermined interval, a portion of the lining will become detached from the rest of the lining. It will, of course, be apparent that this detachable portion may be formed at any desired location in the lining where it will be effected by the action of the water to cause a loosening or detaching of a portion of the lining from the rest of it.

In so far as I am aware, I am the first in the art to provide a lining and advertising device for finger bowls which is sanitary in the true sense of the term and in which it is necessary to throw the lining away after a single use, that my claims to these features are to be interpreted with corresponding scope.

It will now be apparent that'I have devised a new and useful lining. and. advertising device for finger-bowls, which em- .bodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the inven tion and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described preferred embodiments thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same are susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. sanitary lining for finger-bowls, com-prising a lining having a bottom and side walls extending from the bottom, said lining having a weakened portion below the water line to be affected by the water and.

cause a deformation of the lining to preventits reuse and to indicate to the cus tomer if it has been previously used.

2. A sanitary lining for finger-bowls,

comprising a cup-shaped lining having a bottom and corrugated side walls extending upwardly therefrom and having the portion covered by the water provided with a weakened portion to be affected by the action of the water and cause a deformation of ter 50 that the walls of adjacent apertures the lining after a predetermined interval will be separated due to the action of the 10 of GOES/Ct with the1 watenf fi water and cause a deformation of the lining. 3. sanitary ining or nger-bowls 5 comprising a paper lining having a bottoni JOHN PATTON' portion and. side Walls extending therefrom, Witnesses: said lining having closely related apertures H. S. FAIRBANKS.

through it adapted to be covered by the Wa- C. D. MOVAY. 

